The Pennsylvania attorney general's office on Wednesday charged a unit of Energy Transfer LP with nine counts of environmental crimes related to construction of the Revolution natural gas pipe in the western part of the state, Reuters reported. A portion of the 24-inch (61-centimeter) pipe failed in an explosion after heavy rains caused a landslide in Center Township in Beaver County on Sept. 10, 2018. The resulting fire destroyed a nearby home, damaged power lines and burned several acres of surrounding woodland. Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in a release that his office charged Energy Transfer's ETC Northeast Pipeline LLC unit with two counts of discharging industrial waste, two counts of discharging other pollutants, two counts of potential pollution and three counts of unlawful conduct. The charges came a few months after the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission approved a nearly $2 million settlement with Energy Transfer for the same explosion. Pipelines owned by Dallas-based Energy Transfer have had multiple problems in recent years in Pennsylvania.
